Track words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time instantly. Built for essays, captions, prompts, imports, OCR scans, and saved text workflows.
A modern counting utility for people who write against real limits, not a stale notes app with a number stuck on top.
See words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time update as you type.
Switch between built-in presets like Essay 500, X Post, and Instagram Caption or make custom targets for your own workflow.
Use on-device OCR to turn notes, worksheets, screenshots, and printed pages into editable text you can count immediately.
Bring in text from the share sheet, pasteboard, TXT files, or PDFs without leaving your counting workflow.
Keep past entries, revisit results, duplicate drafts, and track the limit that mattered when you saved each piece of text.
Understand what counts as a word or character mode before you submit, instead of guessing why another app disagrees.
Paste, scan, or import text. Pick a limit. Get the answer before you hit submit.
Type directly, paste from the clipboard, share into the app, or pull text from a photo, PDF, or TXT file.
Select a built-in preset for essays, social posts, and prompts, or set a custom word or character limit.
Review the result, see whether you are under or over, then save the entry, export stats, or share trimmed text.
The same workflow works for school, publishing, social, client work, and prompt-heavy apps.
Check 500-word responses, scholarship statements, abstracts, and classroom writing without manually trimming drafts.
Keep X posts, Instagram captions, bios, and short-form marketing copy inside platform limits before publishing.
Measure prompt drafts, application forms, and submission boxes where characters and spacing rules matter.
Scan screenshots, count PDFs, and review shared text from other apps without retyping anything by hand.
Use the core counter for free. Upgrade when you need more history, OCR, presets, and exports.
Word Counter is built for the moment a limit actually matters.